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STRHASH(3) C Programmer's Manual STRHASH(3) NAME strhash - hash function for strings SYNOPSIS #include <publib.h> unsigned long strhash(const char *s); DESCRIPTION strhash is a hash function for strings. It uses an algorithm that tries to be good in most cases, but it is often possible to use a bet- ter algorithm that takes better into account the characteristics of the data for a given application. However, strhash often good enough; test it before spending time to develop a better one. RETURN VALUE strhash returns the computed hash value. Note that the value is not scaled into any particular range (all values that an unsigned long can take are possible). The caller will have to do the scaling himself. SEE ALSO publib(3), hashtab(3) AUTHOR Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi) Publib C Programmer's Manual STRHASH(3)
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